Nuclear Proliferation

Nuclear Proliferation:


Essential Questions:

• Who determines who gets to have WMD’s and who doesn't get to have them?
• Nuclear deterrents: Do the ends justify the means?
• Is it possible to un-invent any object deemed too dangerous to exist?
• Is the UN too weak? Too powerful?
• What options are available to non-aligned countries to defend themselves from superpowers?

Questions on global weapons inventory reader:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fw9ff-kyS_GwRy6rgcPCbnJfo9yblNXmyXvQkSQIj8k/edit?usp=sharing

Opener 2 on figure 2 of nucear proliferation:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gKtRq27bChflw-fGgAcoegzqq2XTezBwgT-rCEDinWQ/edit?usp=sharing

Notes on choices videos:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LawwHnoggJ9sNxiqAcdSlRkC4YYF5P_8ceXPFcGcUII/edit?usp=sharing

NUKEMAP Bombing results Opener:


From the "Fat Man" Nagasaki bomb with a yield of 20 kt dropped in Paris, France, there was a maximum size of the nuclear fireball radius of 200 m. If it touches the ground, there will be a significant increase in the radioactive fallout. The air blast radius reaches 20 psi over pressure, heavily damaging and eliminating the concrete buildings, and resulting in a fatality rate of 100%. The radiation radius is at about 500 rem radiation dose. There may be from 50-90% fatality with no medical treatment; which can kill anywhere from days to weeks. The thermal radiation radius is one of third degree burns and are often painless because they destroy the pain nerves. They can cause severe scarring and disablement, as well as requiring amputation.

Nuclear Proliferation Terms:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B2v_LcevCSl0COaZVkJQaOgW4E0nAscNCVBCEdjJSK4/edit?usp=sharing